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Something else to add about Jodie and her Doctor, I'm loving it when she smiles, like at the end of Resolution. In-show, it's nice to see the Doctor happy and having fun (relatively speaking) after several seasons of angst and confusion
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In regards to the appearance of the Doctor, remember that other Time Lords seem to have better control of their regenerations (as he/she never finished his/her schooling). I think it was Romana or someone that actually tried on several forms before choosing one to regenerate into. Who knows if the Doctor’s lack of control will ever be fixed
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7 minutes ago, Mabinogia said:
I think Jodie is doing an amazing job so I'm glad the Doctor is a woman this time around because otherwise we wouldn't have gotten her infectious enthusiasm which I, personally, am loving.
And in the real world, now that more attention is being paid to her, Jodie is showing she's not just a dramatic and emotional actor who's great at crying up a storm a la Broadchurch. Whether in front of the camera or in BTS stuff, she's showing what a goofball she really is
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27 minutes ago, clack said:
You know there will be pressure to make 14 a black man or woman. Does Gallifrey replicate the racial groups of Earth? Are there then ethnic Indian people of Gallifrey? Chinese ones? How would this make sense?
And why are most of the Gallifrey people we meet white in the 1st place? Because it's a TV show, made in the U.K., with certain budget constraints.
We as viewers are always aware just why, really, the Doctor regenerates. It's because an actor quits or is replaced.
I don't care that the Doctor is now a woman. It's all artifice anyway. Just tell a compelling story.
Why is the Doctor always a British-sounding person and sticking around Britain so much? Cause it's a British show. Same reason there will be a non-white Doctor someday (probably Black male for 14). But in-show, the easy explanation is that there are Black Gallifrey people shown already and any other ethnicity that's not represented on Gallifrey could just be the result of influence by the humans the Doctor hangs around. After all, 12 thinks his face was influenced by a Roman he saved at Pompeii. I'm not sure the Doctor really knows how his/her next bodies are selected. They've been only white males up til now because of real societal reasons. As I've said before, if the show was only starting recently and the current rules set down, there likely would be men and women and a variety of ethnicities playing the part
Truthfully, now that the logjam of only white male actors as the Doctor has been broken, there will now be a variety of talented actors playing the part (British only though!) and that's never a bad thing (as long as the show continues to tell a good story)
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59 minutes ago, ketose said:
Regardless, I don't think a female Doctor in and of itself is killing the franchise.
The ratings and higher interest from media and fans suggest this season reinvigorated the show. One could say that it was Capaldi's Doctor that hurt the franchise by being too unlikeable and the plots too complex. Heck, some posters were saying Capaldi's era was no longer Doctor Who in some of the episode topic discussions. There always seems to be some controversy about the franchise. It seems to be doing fine for now
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1 hour ago, clack said:
Why is the 13th Doctor a woman, after 12 previous incarnations and 1000 years as a man?
Because it's a TV show.
Moreso, real world considerations and biases
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Just now, treasaigh said:
I've read the whole thread, and I don't see that anyone has noticed that Eric actually never intended to come back or take his daughter with him. At about 46:06 you can see that he wrote on the wall, starting with "Assume her dad is dead". Then goes on to other stuff which isn't the easiest to read. So among his other transgressions, he abandoned his daughter with forethought!
I'd attach a screenshot, but I'm not tech savvy enough for that!
The Doctor, not Eric, wrote those words for the team before they went into the AntiZone. She claimed for Hanne’s sake that she was drawing a map
The words were something like “Assume her dad is dead. Keep her safe. Find someone to take care of her”
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https://twitter.com/iamryanaplin/status/1083705385356324864?s=20
Per a tweet, here are the commentaries on the Series 11 DVD/Blu ray set (not sure if only one or the other or both and not sure if true outside of U.K.)
S11 Commentaries:
TWWFTE - Jodie and Jamie Childs (dir.)
Rosa - Malorie Blackman (co-wri.), Mandip & Alex Mercer (prod.)
Tsuranga - Mandip, Ben Bailey-Smith (Durkas), Susan Packer (Eve), Nikki Wilson (prod.)
Demons - Mandip, Alex Mercer, Shane Zaza (Prem) & Vinay Patel (wri.)
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The Doctor Who Series 11 soundtrack, released today or at midnight, is currently #7 on the Itunes US Top Albums list
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Reminder: The Series 11 soundtrack is out today, including on iTunes and streaming services
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The final consolidated BBC ratings for the episode was 6.95 million. That’s below the last Christmas episode that was also a regeneration episode and the previous non-regeneration Christmas episode, so I don’t know if the BBC will consider returning to Christmas specials or has reasons to stick to New Year’s Day. I also don’t know what the ratings in general were like this past Christmas compared to New Year’s a week later
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The BBC writer’s room has made the script for the episode available http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/DW11-EP1-The-Woman-Who-Fell-to-Earth.pdf
It’s in PDF form
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10 minutes ago, HauntedBathroom said:
Explaining to One about how important it was that he went on and did all of the things that needed to be done made Twelve realise that he needed to keep on doing them himself.
But he then talked to “Bill” and “Nardole” and seemed to still be really down about continuing on
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On watching this and rewatching it, I see no explanation for what changed 12’s mind about regenerating. He went from talking to Bill and Nardole about wanting to finally rest and life being an endless battlefield to being in the Tardis and being ready and giving a speech of hope to his next incarnation
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3 hours ago, TwirlyGirly said:
Received an email reply from BBC today, and the episode narrator is Daniel Adegboyega - Ryan's dad!
For those who guessed right - good for you!
Thanks! I kept thinking on rewatches it could be him, but I wasn’t sure. He’s certainly got the voice for it
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https://www.nationaltvawards.com/index.php/
Doctor Who and Jodie Whittaker have been nominated for Britain’s National Television Awards 2019, DW for Best Drama and Jodie for Best Actor in a Drama. Apparently voted by the fans and the ceremony will be Jan 22. It appears the last time the show or lead was nominated was the Matt Smith era
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7 hours ago, xaxat said:
The game streaming service Twitch is currently running a classic Who marathon. Right now they are in the first season.
Don't know how long it will go.
The schedule, per another forum https://www.doctorwho.tv/watch/twitch/
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I didn’t realize until a few weeks ago that Arthur Darvill, who I knew played Rip Hunter in Legends of Tomorrow, was the same guy playing the priest in Broadchurch (which I binge watched during Series 11) and the the same guy playing Rory in the one Doctor Who episode I’ve seen him in
In another sighting, Freema Agyeman, who played Martha Jones, is a doctor in the NBC series New Amsterdam
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9 minutes ago, xaxat said:
The game streaming service Twitch is currently running a classic Who marathon. Right now they are in the first season.
Don't know how long it will go.
From what I’ve read, at least until the end of the month
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A couple of things I noticed about Graham in this special. Even though he was a little short with Aaron when he showed up, he did bring out Aaron's childhood things that Grace had kept and shared them with Aaron. He showed a lot of understanding towards Aaron in that scene. I do wonder if Aaron's drifting through life is due at least in part to mental illness, like depression. He clearly can't seem to cope with life. It sounds like he couldn't cope with his wife's death and in this special, he made it clear he couldn't cope with his mom's death either
The other thing about Graham is he seemed quite annoyed at various times, including when he and Aaron were left behind when the Tardis took off after the Dalek and when he called the Doctor to come pick him up
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I presume they mean the cast starts filming, as pre-production started around November last year
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3 minutes ago, TwirlyGirly said:
I apologize for posting the same thing you did. That will teach me to wait until I've read through to the last post in a topic before asking a question! I was in the middle of page 2 when I posted my question.
No worries
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10 minutes ago, ganesh said:
I thought it was Ryan's dad
That was my initial thought, but it sounds like the narrator has an additional accent besides the British one
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34 minutes ago, TwirlyGirly said:
Does anyone know the name of the actor who narrated the episode? My daughter swears she recognizes the voice, but can't place it. Neither IMDB nor Wikipedia list the name of the narrator in their cast lists for Resolution.
I'm very much wondering the same thing
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Doctor Who in the Media
in Doctor Who
· Edited by DanaK
FYI
Also, there’s a tweet of seeing Jodie and gang on a flight out of Heathrow so they are likely filming abroad. Edited to add: Sounds like they went to South Africa again.
The tweet: